caulk的词源

英文词源

caulk (v.)

late 14c., "to stop up crevices or cracks," from Old North French cauquer, from Late Latin calicare "to stop up chinks with lime," from Latin calx (2) "lime, limestone" (see chalk). Original sense is nautical, of making ships watertight. Related: Caulked; caulking. As a noun, "caulking material," by 1980 (caulking in this sense was used from 1743). Related: Caulker.

中文词源

caulk：填塞缝隙

发音释义：[kɔːk] vt.填塞船体缝隙使其不漏水

词源解释：caulk←拉丁语calicare（用石灰岩填塞缝隙）←拉丁语calx（石灰岩）

同源词：chalk（粉笔）

衍生词：caulking（填缝的）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：caulk 词源，caulk 含义。

caulk：补船漏洞

来自词根calc, 石子，石灰，词源同calculate, chalk. 因旧时用石灰补船缝而产生此义。